Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026)
Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of -4.82% for Q2 2026, up 4.18 percentage points from -9.00% a year earlier but down 2.36 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Clean Energy Fuels was -7.31%, up 30.01 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -37.63%, down 28.89 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -34.26 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Clean Energy Fuels' Return on Sales [ROS] was -8.74% in FY2024 (+9.23 pp), -17.97% in FY2023 (-5.66 pp), -12.31% in FY2022 (+24.87 pp) and -37.18% in FY2021 (-33.81 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has run from a low of -121.72% in Q1 2025 to a high of -2.46% in Q1 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.69 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was Q2 2022, with a gain of 16533.20 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2025, with a drop of 112.74 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior quarters was -2.46% (Q1 2026), -9.52% (Q4 2025) and -12.85% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plug Power | 2.02 Bn | 1.10 Bn | -1.68 Mn | -35.96% |
| 2 | Rex American Resources | 1.30 Bn | -151.40 Mn | 53.30 Mn | 22.36% |
| 3 | Green Plains | 913.32 Mn | 313.99 Mn | 113.03 Mn | 15.21% |
| 4 | Clean Energy Fuels | 418.85 Mn | -150.40 Mn | 41.24 Mn | 0.86% |
| 5 | Montauk Renewables | 384.61 Mn | 312.39 Mn | - | -0.14% |
| 6 | Gevo | 328.32 Mn | 37.51 Mn | 19.80 Mn | -369.25% |
| 7 | Aemetis | 116.73 Mn | 102.70 Mn | 29.47 Mn | 23.65% |
| 8 | OPAL Fuels | 42.98 Mn | -235.96 Mn | 24.47 Mn | -3.61% |
| 9 | Blue Biofuels | 36.30 Mn | 36.11 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | NewHydrogen | 22.13 Mn | 18.93 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 0.86% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -4.82% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -2.46% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -9.52% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -12.85% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -9.00% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -121.72% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -11.82% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -8.13% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -5.71% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -8.98% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -6.15% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -22.35% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -14.42% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -26.79% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -9.80% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -6.86% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -12.21% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -24.02% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -6.63% |
Clean Energy Fuels Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=CLNE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "CLNE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=CLNE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();